Michael Gebicki & Elizabeth Ryan

SMH Travel Journalist
Tripwired

A journey of powerful sights, history, culture and India's deep-seated spirituality, taking in the Himalaya, Kolkata, Varanasi & the mighty Brahmaputra River 

7 double rooms available

Trip Highlights

  • See sunrise over the Himalaya Range
  • Spend four nights in a historic tea plantation at Darjeeling
  • Take a ride on the famous toy train through mountain villages
  • A four-day cruise through Assam on the vast Brahmaputra River
  • Tour Kolkata and its treasury of memories left over from the days of the British Raj
  • Experience life in a tranquil rural village south of Kolkata
  • Experience the bathing ghats, temples and back streets of the sacred city of
  • Varanasi, revered as the home of Lord Shiva and the city where Hindus can obtain moksha, final liberation
  • Trace the history of the British East India Company, from the days of Clive to the end of Company rule following the rebellion of 1857